CABARROGUIS, Quirino—Popularly known as Sorbetes, the ice cream business which is a One Town-One Product of Saguday town has launched its tilapia, chicken, malunggay, squash, dragon fruit and banana flavors.
Supported by the Department of Trade and Industry office in the province, the flourishing ice cream business flavors is produced in Barangay Rizal in Saguday town by at least 20 small entrepreneurs.
The DTI said the Sorbetes was initially launched with pinipig, buko, ube and cheese flavors and their products were only sold in streets in motorized carts with bells in the different villages of Saguday.
In 2014, officials of the provincial government here and the DTI prepared a Developmental Framework Plan which was presented to the local government unit of Saguday, which was eventually approved.
Various trainings and product development conducted where the DTI also granted Shared Service Facilities to Saguday town’s Rizal Rural Improvement Club.
The OTOP ice cream products in Saguday have spread to the nearby towns of Aglipay, Cabarroguis and Diffun and it is also one of the favorites in trade fair exhibits and special celebrations.